Abstract: An improved lithium-iodine battery is resistant to failure caused by iodine vapor within the battery. The entire interface of the current collector with the lithium anode is isolated from other battery components by a rigid, electrical-insulating sleeve.

Abstract: A power cord end locating device for use with a wire-working station includes first and second pick-up arms that are symmetrically mounted in front of a wire-working station and are movable between an open position and a closed position to sweep an area in front of the machine to locate a power cord end and move the end to and retain the end on a wire-working axis for presentation to the wire-working station. The pick-up arms are mounted in adjacent planes with each arm including first and second arcuate portions that present, respectively, an exteriorly curved and an interiorly curved surface to the wire-working axis. As the pick-up arms move from their open to their closed position, one of the arms contacts the wire end and urges it toward the wire-working axis with the pick-up arms, when in their closed position, holding the power cord end of the wire on the wire-working axis.

Abstract: A wire stripping machine for stripping the insulation from the ends of a plurality of stranded-core insulated wires and twisting the exposed conductor strands includes upper and lower stripping heads mounted on a support for movement between an open position and a closed, operative position. Each stripping head includes wire separating discs that separate the wires to-be-stripped so that they lie laterally adjacent one another and a stripping element that simultaneously strips the insulation from the ends of the wires and twists the conductor strands. Each stripping element includes an elongated stripping bar having a serrated wire contacting surface and an insulation cutting knife that extends along the length of the stripping bar and presents a cutting edge positioned above the wire contacting surface.